أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مُجَاهِدًا، عَنْ امْرَأَةٍ رَأَتْ الطُّهْرَ: أَيَحِلُّ لِزَوْجِهَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَغْتَسِلَ ؟، قَالَ: "لَا حَتَّى تَحِلَّ لَهَا الصَّلَاةُ".
‘Uthman bin al-Aswad said: I asked Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) about a woman who gets her menses: Is it permissible for her husband to have intercourse with her before she performs ghusl (ritual bath)? He replied: No, as long as prayer is not permissible (intercourse is also not permissible).